A 10-Day-Old Boy Born at Home Is Brought to the Emergency

A 10-day-old boy born at home is brought to the emergency department due to difficulty breathing and sweating with feeds.  He was born at 38 weeks gestation via spontaneous vaginal delivery.  The patient has been breastfeeding every 2 hours for 5-10 minutes per side.  The mother notes that he sweats while he feeds, and his lips turn blue.  Weight is at the 5th percentile and length is at the 50th percentile.  On examination, the patient is currently not cyanotic.  There is a III/VI systolic crescendo-decrescendo murmur best heard along the left upper sternal border.  Chest x-ray is shown below: Which of the following most likely represents the pressure changes that take place in this patient during feedings?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D

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